The ketogenic diet for medically and surgically refractory status epilepticus in the neurocritical care unit

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 519-524

  Cervenka, MacKenzie C ^a   Hartman, Adam L ^a   Venkatesan, Arun ^a   Geocadin, Romergryko G ^a   Kossoff, Eric H ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex partial seizure; Epilepsy; Ketogenic diet; Modified Atkins diet; Neurocritical care; Seizure; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CARBAMAZEPINE; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CORTICOSTEROID; ETIRACETAM; HARKOSERIDE; KETAMINE; LIDOCAINE; LIVER ENZYME; LORAZEPAM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDAZOLAM; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PENTOBARBITAL; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PROPOFOL; SULTAMICILLIN; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENCEPHALITIS; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC STATE; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KETOGENIC DIET; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL HEALTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY PERIOD; SEIZURE; STEROID THERAPY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ANTICONVULSANTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; ENTERAL NUTRITION; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; FRONTAL LOBE; GLIOSIS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; KETOGENIC DIET; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 84856279709     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: 15560961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-011-9546-3     Document Type: Article

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